The Minister of Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare-Addo, popularly known as Pablo, has denied claims that his ministry has awarded a contract to manage the National Service Scheme (NSS) payment platform to Hubtel.
In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), Opare-Addo said he was unaware of any such deal, describing the reports as "unacceptable." "I am not sure where this is coming from.
I can assure you no contract whatsoever has been awarded to the best of my knowledge. "I entreat @mensaduncan or his organization to provide any contrary claims.
This is unacceptable!!" His response comes after a post by journalist Jude Duncan (@mensaduncan) suggested that the Youth Minister had awarded the contract to Hubtel, reportedly following the reassignment of the immediate past NSS Director-General over his insistence on maintaining the existing payment service providers.
